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that just gave me a boner. that being said, i'm praying the reporter misspoke or was misinformed when she said that the police would be in the middle of the venue 

Hope this doesn't turn out like AllGood was this year...

how was All Good this year?

Not So Good.  Full of harassment.  

I hope not.

Heard the same thing. Here is the scoop.

WV MetroNews

By Hans Fogle in | July 14, 2015 at 6:28AM

SUMMIT POINT, W.Va.



The All Good Music Festival wrapped up Sunday with no reports of property damage or violent crimes, but drugs were a different matter all together.



West Virginia State Police Captain Eric Widmeyer spoke to The Herald Mail Monday.



He said that in the area of the festival grounds the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force arrested 31 people, charged them with 86 felony counts of drug distribution and seized more than $49,000 worth of illegal drugs during the three-day event.



He said troopers patrolling the roads in Jefferson County were busy as well, making 46 misdemeanor arrests for illegal drug possession and nine felony arrests for drug sales.



The death of James Snyder,26, from an apparent drug overdose stands out as the most serious incident.



Widmeyer said he would like to have many more uniformed troopers on hand should the festival return.



In a report to the Jefferson County Commission Monday, Widmeyer said state police had a $74,520 contract directly with festival promoter Walther Productions to cover the agency’s additional costs of providing police services, and used $64,845 of that amount.



Authorities estimate turnout for the festival peaked Saturday, with an estimated 15,000 on hand.

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But what do the numbers say?

31 (in the fest) + 46 (misdemeanors) + 9 (felonies) = 86 total
Attendence = 15,000

So 86/15,000 busted or 0.6% of the population got popped.

But that is the total busts over the 3 (actually 4 or 5) days. So let's say 15,000 opportunities one day and 10,000 on each of the other 2 days for a total of 35,000 Bust days.

So that is 86/35,000 or 0.25% of the 3 day population got popped.

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So that sucks. And I am not condoning it at all. And it sounds like the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force want to get MORE MONEY to do an even more fascist job. But 0.25% not 2.5% and certainly not 25% getting taken down is not really unrealistic numbers. Unless of course you are on the losing end of that 0.25%.

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This is all just for mathematical curiosity and perspective. 

Not to contradict McJeff's perspective, but there were apparently quite a lot of harassment anecdotally.  Searching people without reasonable suspicion, pulling over random motorists.  Quite a large presence in the campgrounds.  I saw a lot of complaints on Facebook.  Of course Anecdotes are not data, but I will not be soliciting Not So All Good unless there are significant changes in the atmosphere (and a better lineup).


I realize that there has to be some police presence at such a large public gathering, but I am hoping the atmosphere is relaxed at Lockn this year.   

I heard the same stories. And I believe that the arrest numbers in no way equate to the amount of heavy handed police state tactics employed by the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. It is all about the money and proving that "See there really is justification for paying our salaries. Look at all of the violent dope we took off the streets."

I will not be going to All Good again either. It's a shame because it was a way cool fest once upon a time.

Having said that, I actually know people that went and had a blast.

Well said...

hummmm....